On the 26th, the Japan Football Association (JFA) announced that the Japan national team (17th in the FIFA ranking) will face the Brazilian national team (5th in the 2018 ranking) at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on October 14th.

In preparation for the match against the Soccer Kingdom, manager Moriyasu Kazuichi (57) commented, “I feel happy and at the same time feel sturdy. There is no doubt that this will be a very important opportunity to strengthen my team in the fight to the top of the world's top standards,” and “We will aim to win with all our might even against top opponents.”

His past match record has been 0 wins, 2 draws, 11 losses. They fought before the 2022 World Cup Qatar tournament, and were defeated by Neymar's goal. The broadcast will be handled by TV Asahi and ABEMA.

Director Moriyasu's comments are as follows:

“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the JFA officials and stakeholders who worked hard to hold the Kirin Challenge Cup, where we can compete against the Brazilian national team. I am happy and at the same time feel thrilled. There is no doubt that this will be an extremely important opportunity for us to strengthen our team in the battle of the world's top standard. As everyone can imagine, the Brazilian national team will be a top-level opponent, who is of high quality in all fields, and who are skilled to ensure that we can play the game we want to do even at high intensity. We, the Japanese national team, strive to win with all our might to our top-of-top opponents.”